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| Grrl | That'll Do  Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2007 | |
| We were actually aiming for Hallet Peak, but ominous clouds turned us around as soon as we summitted Flattop. Oh well, next time! | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2007 4:13 am | ||
| Arthur Digbee | great hike | |
| Though the trail is all switchbacks, the grade agreed with us. With an early start we reached the top before 8:00am, making Hallett an easy add-on with perfect weather. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2007 6:59 pm | ||
| Stu Brandel | With my Son Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2001 | |
| Enjoyed hike with my son to top - but his altitude sickness kept us from other peaks. Cloudy. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2007 10:12 pm | ||
| shknbke | via Dragon's Tail Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2007 | |
| Awesome climb up Dragon's Tail to the ho-hum summit. Traversed over to Powell. Long day. | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2007 12:45 am | ||
| Scott Pierce | Should have had a glissade! Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2007 | |
| Plenty o' fun in Dragons Tail Couloir. But a painful, posthole descent in breakable crust overlaying crotch deep sludge which in turn obscured Flattop Trail. Since neither of us had ever been on the trail, we ended up bushwhacking large sections on top of everything else. Next time, GLISSADE TYNDALL GLACIER! Especially stupid since I made my partner walk the best part of a mile in a gale to tag the 10-acre patch that passes for a summit block! Another 20 minutes and we could have been sliding for home like champs. Instead we post-holed down like chumps. | |
| Posted Jun 8, 2007 1:59 pm | ||
| Britette | N Couloir from Lake Helene Date Climbed: May 10, 2006 | |
| Solo trip with ski goals. Climbed and descended (beautiful powder) a couloir on north side. Spent a lot of time looking for the summit. Its flat up there. | |
| Posted May 25, 2007 3:07 pm | ||
| Kruck | Great hike Date Climbed: Oct 28, 2007 | |
| May 2007: The trail has a superb grade. Not too steep, not too flat. Hip-high snow was mushy by 11 a.m. with severe off-trail postholing. 15 minutes to the top and blown off by 10 a.m. lightning. Spring mountain weather. Gotta love it. Oct. 2007: ... Returned en route to Hallett. High wind from the west. Ranger station posted 29 mph w/ gusts above 40 mph. I believe it. Snow was hard enough to make for good travel where it hadn't alll blown away. | |
| Posted May 21, 2007 11:25 am | ||
| Sarah Simon | Cool, crisp day Date Climbed: Oct 14, 2000 | |
| Quite a bit nippy with a stiff wind, but beautiful nonetheless. Hallett Peak next time... | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2007 2:54 pm | ||
| spannring29 | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2005 | |
| I hiked Flattop with my brother on the way to Hallett. We're both looking forward to a snow ascent. | |
| Posted Feb 25, 2007 7:27 pm | ||
| Bassoon | First 12er Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2005 | |
| Hiked on my way home to Texas (from Utah). Loved the boulder garden on the way up. Wanted to climb Hallet Peak, but I saw a storm coming in (it started raining the minute I hit the parking lot.) | |
| Posted Dec 18, 2006 4:02 am | ||
| Yeti | May times Date Climbed: Apr 22, 1994 | |
| Aproximate date of my first ascent. It was my fisrt summit and the beginning of a long and costly habbit. Have summited 4 times since in spring, summer, and winter condtitions, both from the east and west. Great veiws of the park around you. | |
| Posted Dec 4, 2006 5:49 pm | ||
| Grizz42 | Over ten below... Date Climbed: Dec 3, 2006 | |
| Started the day in the parking lot at 6 degrees, with 60+ mph gusts. We made the summit and made it down quick to the car. Great climb. | |
| Posted Dec 3, 2006 10:31 pm | ||
| lindasyh | Great Hiking Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2006 | |
| Did a circuit up Andrews Glacier, Otis Peak, Hallett Peak, and Flattop with my husband and brother-in-law. Perfect weather. | |
| Posted Nov 10, 2006 5:22 pm | ||
| thephotohiker | Nice Circuit Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2000 | |
| Did a circuit up Andrews Glacier, Otis Peak, Hallett Peak, and Flattop with my wife and brother. Perfect weather. | |
| Posted Nov 9, 2006 1:28 am | ||
| thebeave7 | Fall Hike in the Clouds Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2006 | |
| Intended to keep going on to Knobtop and Gabletop, but thick clouds, 30mph winds, 30degree temps and the fear of snow/rain turned me back at Flattop. Oh well, it's nice to be out. | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2006 2:26 pm | ||
| royswkr | Powell-Taylor-Flattop via Flattop Trail Date Climbed: Aug 23, 1990 | |
| Weather turned sour too quick to add another 2 | ||
| Posted Sep 29, 2006 8:22 pm | ||
| swm88er | From Bear Lake | |
| Hiked on the way to Hallett Peak. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2006 3:39 am | ||
| thebeave7 | Traverse to ChiefsHead Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2006 | |
| The first of 7 on the way to Chiefs Head. A nice loop hike, though can't say much for this "peak" if you can call it that. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2006 5:28 am | ||
| tdoughty | From Notchtop Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2006 | |
| Traverse from SE Gulley and summit of Notchtop with P. Dowdy & C. Sanford. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2006 5:14 pm | ||
| trekker | Standard Trail Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2006 | |
| Hoping to do this with Hallet. Started in rain from Bear Lake, which stopped, but clouds were ominous. Reports from a couple groups descending said it was high winds and nasty on top. Bailed at 12,ooo'. I should have waited for a while, it all blew over by the time I was back in my vehicle at Bear Lake. Edit: Had better luck on Aug. 11, 2007. Great weather, lots of people, combined this with a visit to Hallett Peak. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2006 7:28 am | ||
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